ISSN: 2578-5044
Authors:
Badvi JA1*, Jawed M2 and Ali Shah A3
At present very limited empirical data available on the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among residents of marginalized settings, in catchment area of khairpure medical college hospital khairpure Mir’s, Pakistan. As this disease is poor, low immunity, residing in low line community people. This study assessed the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis through active case detection and evaluated predictors of pulmonary tuberculosis among residents of two peri-urban neighborhoods of area of Khairpure medical college khairpure Pakistan. Cases continue to spread infection to close contacts, strategies for tuberculosis case detection need to be improved to minimize the M. tuberculosis transmission. Major threat for the population of khairpure Pakistan and, this infection of the lungs is caused by the Mycobacterium tubercular bacteria. Yet upto date data on the epidemiology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, in Khairpure Mir’s, Pakistan. Catchment area of Teaching hospital, KMC, khairpure, was not available before this. This study was undertaken to determine the current prevalence rate of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and distribution, is first insight study in khairpure medical college khairpure Mirs, Pakistan, catchment area. As then (WHO) declared a state of global emergency for tuberculosis in 1993, due to the steady increase of the disease worldwide?
Result: Sample was taken from the patients irrespective of gender above the age of 15 years, who were advised for tuberculosis screening. Total number of patients were attended 7178 for screening and suspected for pulmonary tuberculosis, from which 785.10.9% were positive and 6392, 89% were negative.
Conclusion: This study highlights the poor operational performance of the passive and active case-detection approach in the current tuberculosis control program and indicates higher prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Khairpure medical college hospital khairpure, Pakistan than current national estimates. Our results indicate that active detection of cases and future compare in using the approach outlined in this study and subsequent treatment of cases under DOTS (Tuberculosis is completely curable through short-course chemotherapy. Treating TB cases who are sputum-smearpositive (and who can therefore spread the disease to others) at the source, it is the most effective means of eliminating TB from a population. DOTS or Directly Observed Treatment Short course is the internationally recommended strategy for TB control that has been recognized as a highly efficient and cost-effective strategy. DOTS comprise five components. May have the potential to substantially reduce or not, the increase the burden of pulmonary tuberculosis. As undetected cases continue to spread infection to close contacts, Aerosols, coughing strategies for tuberculosis case detection need to be improved to minimize by vaccination, M. tuberculosis transmission. However, it is also relevant to note that additional costs would arise if active case finding were to be implemented. Improving passive and active case-detection is also a viable option; public health authorities at the very least may wish to consider augmenting health education efforts aimed at prompting health-seeking behavior to facilitate early case detection. Such efforts to improve passive case and active case finding, if combined with easily accessible DOTS infra-structure for treatment of detected cases, may help to diminish the high rate of tuberculosis.
Keywords:
KMC; Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Prevelence; Data
